Meme-wise, it’s a wink at 90s “Under Construction” webpages and carries the “road work ahead? I sure hope it does” Vine energy. Creators drop 🚧 in front of teasers to signal “expect edits,” and IT teams wheel it out during outages so no one freaks out. It plays well with 🛠️, 🧱, and 👷 for a full “we’re building something” ensemble, and it doubles as a sarcastic stamp after a messy apology or rebrand: “we’re… working on it,” PR team not included.
People use it to tag anything mid-build: code commits, art previews, home renos, and chaotic life updates like “personality patch incoming.” It’s a go-to for “pardon our dust” posts, site maintenance banners, and Twitter/X threads still baking in drafts. In group chats, it serves as digital caution tape—handy for drawing boundaries, postponing hot takes, or joking that the kitchen (or heart) is closed for repairs.
Visually, it’s the classic road barricade: bold diagonal orange-and-white stripes with two amber beacons up top. On Apple/iOS, it stares you down head-on—glossy yellow lights, chunky metal feet, and soft shading that makes it feel freshly plunked onto asphalt. Very “do not pass, bestie,” like a traffic controller shooing you back with both hands.
Definition
Commonly used on roads and pathways during construction and repair. Caution!
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1237 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:construction:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Construction Sign
Yellow and Black Striped Barrier
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Transport and Map Symbols
Unicode Range
1F680–1F6FF
Unicode Subcategory
Traffic Signs
Editorial Comment
A highly visible device for warning of immanent danger ahead. Unicode name: Construction Sign
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Activities/work/entertainment
Unicode Subcategory
Traffic Signs
Names & Annotations
CONSTRUCTION SIGN
Symbol Information
U+1F6A7 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-7F8
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[工事中]
KDDI
#368 工事中 U+E5D7 SJIS-F34A JIS-792B
Softbank
#350 #old145 工事中 U+E137 SJIS-F777
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🚧
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🚧
Decimal HTML Entity
🚧
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🚧
Hex Code Point(s)
1f6a7
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F6A7
Decimal Code Point(s)
128679
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x9A 0xA7
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 9A A7
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 232 247
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDEA7
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddea7
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56999
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F6A7
UTF-32 Hex
01F6A7
UTF-32 Dec
128679
Python Src
u"\U0001F6A7"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x9a\xa7"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDEA7"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
